Cash-depository



No; 622,097. Patented Mar. 28, I899. R. ZINSMAYER.

CASH DEPOSITURY.

Application fiXed July 20 1898.1

(No Model.)

Patented Mar. 28, I899.

R. ZINSMAYEB.

CASH DEPOSITORY.

(Application filed July 20, 1898.)

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(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC ROBERT ZINSMAYER, OF GALION, OHIO.

CASH-DEPOSITORY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,097, dated March 28, 1899.

Application filed July 20, 1898.

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT ZINsMAYER, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Galion, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cash-Depositories, of which the following receiving a present or reward, to watch the salesman and see that he places the exact sum In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cash depository or receptacle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on the line a; 9;, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view, the back of the casing being removed. Fig.- 4 is ahorizontal section on the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 .2, Fig. 2, lowing toward the front. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the disk and wheel having the numbers or figures thereon. Fig. 7 is a detail elevation of the verticallymovable bar for rotating the disk and wheel. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the hooked spring-arm.

In the said drawings the reference numeral 1 designates a casing the lower part of which is provided with two drawers 2 and 3, the upper one of which is to receive the cash received from the customers and is provided with a-suitable1ock,the key of which is kept by the proprietoror person in charge. The other drawer is for keeping change and is preferably provided with compartments, as usual, for holding the different denominations of money separate from each other. It may also be provided with a lock and key, if desired. Located on the upper part of this casing is a rectangular box comprising the sides 4, front 5, back 0, and top '7, the latter of which is and is rotatable independently thereof.

Serial No. 686,463. (No model.)

provided with a slot 8 for the passage of a coin or check. Located in this box is a vertical partition 9, in rear of the front and at a distance therefrom about equal to or somewhat greater than the thickness of a silver dollar. This plate is held at such distance from the front by strips 10 at the edges. Secured to said partition is a screw-bolt or studshaft 12, which extends rearwardly through the back of the box and is provided with an adjusting-nut 11 and a tension-spring 12. .Iournaled on this bolt is a ratchet-wheel 13, against which the inner end of said spring abuts and which is secured to a rotatable disk 14, provided with arbitrarily-arranged figures, either singly or in pairs, opposite each of the ratchets of said wheel. This disk is seated in a circular recess in the rear face of a ratchet-wheel 15, also journaled on said bolt. This ratchet-Wheel is separate from the disk 14 and is also provided with figures The disk 14 is formed with a peripheral flange 16, and on the front side of ratchet-wheel 15 is a circular plate 1'7, secured to the disk 14, whereby the latter is held in place. In the partition 9 and front 5 are opposite openings 18 and 19, the latter of which is closed by a glass plate 20. These openings are so arranged with respect to the figures on disk 1i and ratchet-wheel15 that the said figures can be viewed through said plate 20 as the disk and wheel are rotated.

The numeral 21 designates a verticallymovable bar Working in guides 23, secured to the inner side of the back of the box, and at its upper end is provided with a horizontal arm 24, having a pivoted pawl 25 near the end, which engages with the ratchets of the wheels 18. A spring 26, secured to said back, has its free end bearing against said arm, so as to elevate it and its bar 21 and restore them to normal position after having been depressed. The lower end of said baris pro vided with a finger-piece 27, which projects through an aperture in the front of the box.

Pivoted to the opposite side of said back is a pawl 29, adapted to engage with the ratchet wheel 15 and provided with a spring 30, bear ing against the said pawl. This pawl is provided with an inwardly-extending arm 31, against which is adapted to strike a cam 32 on the ratchet-wheel 13, so that for every revolution of the latter the pawl will be thrown into position to engage with another ratchet in the wheel 15 to cause it to move forward a single step as, the lever is operated.

The numeral Si designates a pin or projection on the bar 21, which engages with the free end of the spring 26. The'object of this construction is to move the ratchet-wheel 13 one step every time the bar 21 is depressed and the ratchet-wheel 15 one step for every revolution of the said ratchet-wheel13 and disk 11-, as hereinafter described.

Located between the partition 5) and front 5 is a rigid inclined shelf and an oppositely-inclined yielding shelf 36, which serve as guides fora coin dropped in slot 8. Below the shelf 35 is abar or arm 37, fulcrutned to the back of the box at 30, and at its outer end said arm 37 is provided with a shutter-10, adapted to open and close the opening 19. Located below the shelf 3'5 and secured to the bar 21 is a spring l1, provided at its inner or free end with a hook or projection 12, adapted to engage with the inner end of arm or bar 57 when the latter is depressed by the weight of acoin falling thereon.

Formed in the front of the box, near the lower end, is a slot or opening extending nearly to the sides of the box and provided with a glass plate l3, and in this opening is located a horizontal plate to, one end of which is pivoted to a bracket it secured to the box, and is cut away at 4:7. This plate is adapted to receive and hold the coins dropped through the slot 8 in plain sight through the plate l3. The lower end of the bar 21 is beveled at 40, and when it is depressed the said beveled end engages with said cut-away portion t7 and forces the free end of said plate outward and allows the coins to fall off the same and drop through a slotinto the cash-drawer below. A spring 51 returns the plate I5 to normal position after having been operated to drop the coin.

The operation is as follows: In normal position the shutter 10 closes the opening 19 and the parts are in the position shown in Fig. \Vhen a sale is made, the salesman receives the coin in payment thereof and drops it through the slot 8, from whence it will fall onto the shelves S5 and 36 below and will strike the inner end of bar or arm 37 and depress the same, raising the shutter and displaying the figures on the disk 1% and wheel 15. The coin will then fall onto the plate t5 and will be held in plain sight. W hen said bar 37 is depressed, its inner end will be caught by the hook or projection on the spring 11 and the shutter will be held in its open position. When the same figures come into coincidence on the said disk and wheel, so that they will be displayed at the opening 19 through the glass plate 20, the customer will receive a present or reward. As the same figures are on both the disk and wheel, al-

though differently arranged, it will be obvi ous that two figures or numbers of equal value will come into coincidence at each revolution of the disk 1i, and as wheel 15 moves a single step at each revolution of disk It the numbers or figures thus coming into coincidence will be changed accordingly at each revolution of said disk. The baril is now depressed by the thumb-piece and its beveled end, engaging with the cut-away portion of plate 15, will move the latter outward, allowing the coin to drop into the cash-d "awer, and at the same timethe spring at will be depressed, disengaging its hook from the arm or bar 37, so that the shutter will fall by gravity and close the opening 19. As said bar 21 is thus depressed the pawl 25, engaging with the ratchet-wheel13, will move it and the disk 1% one step, thus bringing a new figure or figures behind the shutter 10. As the disk H- is thus rotated wheel 15 will not be moved, because the pawl 29, engaging with the ratchets thereof, will hold it stationary; but when disk It has made a complete revolution its cam will strike arm 31, throwing the pawl 28 out of engagement with the ratchet of the wheel, which by reason of its frictional contact with disk 1i will be moved forward one step at the next movement of the disk. The cam will then ride off of arm 31 and the wheel 15 will not again move until the disk makes another complete revolution.

In case the customer pays in bills, then a circular check or checks aggregating the amount of the purchase are dropped into the slot, when they will operate the shutter, as be fore described.

The device can be so arranged that the amounts or figures are in both sides of disk 1% and wheel 15, and an opening can be made in the back of the box, alined with openings 18 and 19, so that said figures can be read from the back as well as the front.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a cash depository or receptacle, the combination with the casing, the cash-drawer, and the box located above the same and provided with a display-opening and the cashrecess below the same, of a disk or wheel having a series of numbers thereon and means for rotating the same, the pivoted arm or bar, the shutter at one end thereof, the verticallymovable spring actuated bar and the springbar secured thereto provided with a pin or projection adapted to engage said pivoted arm and hold the shutter in an open position, substantially as described.

2. In a cash depository or receptacle, the combination with the casin g, the cash-drawer, the box havinga display-o1' ening and a cashreoess in its front provided with glass plates, of the pivoted shutterin rear of said displayopening adapted to be opened by a coin dropped in said box, the movable plate for receiving and holding the coin and the rotata- ICO ble plate or disk having figures thereon and means for rotating the same, substantially as described.

3. In a cash depository or receptacle, the combination with the casin g, the caslrdrawer, the box having a display-opening and a coinreeess in its front and the rotatable disk or wheel having figures thereon, of the pivoted spring-actuated plate or shelf located in said recess for receiving and holding the coin, and the beveled vertically-movable bar engaging with said plate or shelf for moving it outward to allow the coin to drop into the cash-drawer, substantially as described.

4:.- In a cash depository or receptacle, the

combination with the casing, the cash-drawer, and the box having a display-opening in its front, of the rotatable disk having figures on its face, the ratchet-wheel secured thereto, the vertically-movable bar, and the pawl pivotally connected therewith engaging with said ratchet-wheel, substantially as described.

.5. In a cash depository or receptacle, the combination with the casing,the cash-drawer,

the box having a display-opening in its front and the pivoted bar or arm provided with a shutter located behind said opening and adapted to be operated by a coin inserted in the box, of the rotatable disk having figures on one face, the ratchet-wheel secured thereto, the vertically-movable spring-actuated bar, the pawl pivotally connected therewith and engaging with said ratchet-wheel,and the spring secured to said vertically-movable bar having a projection or pin at its free end with able bar having apin or projection at its free end, substantially as described.

7. In a cash depository or receptacle, the combination with the casing,the cash-drawer, the box, the front of which is provided with a display-opening and a longitudinal coinreeess, the pivoted coin plate or shelf located in said recess, and the pivoted arm having a shutter in rear of said display-opening, of the rotatable disk provided with a series of figures, the ratchet-wheel secured thereto, the

vertically-movable bar beveled at the lower end, the pawl pivotally connected therewith and the spring-arm having a pin or projection at its free end, substantially as described.

8. In a cash depository or receptacle of the characterdeseribed,the combination with the box, the rotatable disk having figures thereon, the ratchet-Wheel secured thereto provided with a cam and the ratchet-wheel provided with figures, of the vertically-movable bar, the pivoted pawl and the arm secured to said pawl-and adapted to be engaged by said cam, substantially as specified.

9. In a cash depository or receptacle of the characterdescribed,the combination with the casing, the cash-drawer, the box having a display-opening and coin-recess in its front, the pivoted coin plate or shelf, the pivoted arm having a shutter at one end and located behind said opening and the rigid and yielding coin guides or shelves, of the rotatable ratchetwheel provided with figures, the disk also provided with figures, the ratchet-vvheel secured thereto provided with a cam, the verticallymovahle spring-actuated bar beveled at the lower end,the pawl pivotally connected therewith,the spring-actuated pawl and the arm secured thereto, with which said cam is adapted to engage, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT ZINSMAYER,

Witnesses J. G. MONNETT, C. R. MILLER. 

